N2YO satellite tracking: Intelligence Source Guide
N2YO turns the public satellite catalogue into answers: where an object is right now, when it next passes over a...
GPS Coordinates
CelesTrak / Space-Track: Intelligence Source Guide
CelesTrak and Space-Track are the two public front doors to the US-maintained satellite catalogue: mean orbital elements for tens of...
NOAA Aviation Weather Center API: Intelligence Source Guide
The Aviation Weather Center serves observations, forecasts, pilot reports, hazard advisories and upper-air winds through a keyless government API. It...
Satellite Imagery: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Overhead imagery does not tell you what happened. It tells you what changed between two dates, and the analyst supplies...
Facility / Site: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A facility is where corporate paper meets physical reality. Registries tell you who claims the site; the ground truth tells...
GPS Coordinates: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Six decimal places is a doorstep. Two is a district. Precision in a coordinate is a decision about harm, not...
Location / Coordinates: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A place name is not a point. It is a claim about where something happened, carrying a resolution, a source...
Maritime Intelligence (MARINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Ships are legally required to announce themselves. The interesting behaviour is what happens in the minutes after a vessel stops...
Aviation Intelligence (AVINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
An aircraft broadcasts its identity and position to anyone with a twenty-dollar receiver. The intelligence is not in the position;...
Space Intelligence (SPACEINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Orbits are deterministic and observable. A satellite cannot hide its manoeuvres from anyone willing to do the arithmetic, and much...
